Now here's something you don't hear every day: a young person who makes a record about the value of kindness and compassion.

Stranger in the Alps was one of NPR Music's Stephen Thompson's top albums of 2017. Watch Bridgers perform "Georgia" from her World Cafe studio session.

Some say the glass of 2018 is one-quarter empty; others say it's three-quarters full. We say, "Wow, we've had some incredible artists perform in 2018."

A record shop discovery led to the rebirth of Hailu's career, which includes his latest album called Lala Belu.

It's hard not to smile when watching Brett Dennen do his thing. Get a look inside his live World Cafe performance of tunes from his latest EP, 'Let's....

Hear a live studio performance from the platinum-selling band, whose generosity onstage makes the music business seem like the service industry.

The rock star gets frank with God, depression and demons on his latest album The Snake King.

It's like discovering a flavor of something you've never tried before and needing to have it again and again. These are the artists we can't stop listening to after seeing them at SXSW.

With a blend so on point, they might as well be one person. Hear a live performance.

The group's inventive, choppy-poppy, psychedelic debut is as strong an introduction as you can expect. At our showcase in Austin during SXSW, they opened with an inviting warning.

The former Oasis member talks about drawing inspiration from Kanye West, loathing coffee shops and how "Don't Look Back in Anger" came to him outside a strip club.

Hear a live performance of songs from the band's latest release, Jei BeiBi.

The band's new album, A Black Mile To The Surface, finds emotion through its songs' stories.

Tina Halladay and co. play like they're rock stars headlining the EnormoDome, but they come from a busted-up building called the Nut House.

Winnipeg singer Alexa Dirks finds strength in the act of breathing in this video from her new EP, Lady In Mind.

Based in Austin, this harmony-based group melds the whiskey-soaked spirit of the barroom with the country-rock of Gram Parsons and the Eagles.

The Canadian indie-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist set out to make her latest record alone, but says she ended up experiencing a whole lot of togetherness.

In a conversation with World Cafe, Ann Powers discusses the artists included in NPR Music's list of the 150 greatest albums made by women and reveals surprises and controversial picks.

Isbell discusses the ways his daughter Mercy's childhood differs from his own and how being a dad has influenced his new music. Hear the conversation, including a surprise cameo from Mercy herself.

Hear five World Cafe sessions from the last few months that are worth a second listen.